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STORY: LAGAAN |
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 Aamir
Khan steers away from mushy romance in lush locations in his first production,
Lagaan. The formula-busting period film on colonial arrogance,
backed by good acting, promises to give Indian cinema a classy makeover.
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Making Of Lagaan
An old bat found in England. An argument over a moustache.
A cricket pitch in the sand. Here are the nuts and bolts of an epic.
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THE NATION: GOVERNMENT |
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Governance On The Hold |
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Absent ministers, coalition politics and an
unwell prime minister paralyse all decision making at the Centre. With
business sentiments diving and industrial growth rate receding, the alarm
bells have begun to ring.
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BUSINESS: CORPORATE HEALTH CENTRES |
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Super Clinic Inc. |
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Patients will be treated as customers with some
companies hoping to revolutionise the Rs 60,000-crore private healthcare
market. They are setting up a chain of neighbourhood health clinics that
will provide quality medical care.
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LETTER |
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From
The Editor In Chief |
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EDITORIALS |
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Big
Brother Isn't Caring |
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Why India continues to be a big baddy in its near
abroad.
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Rivers
Of Sorrow
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Tokenism couldn't clean
the Ganga — and won't the Yamuna.
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THE NATION:
TRINAMOOL CONGRESS
Miss Adventure
Is Mamata trying
to return to the NDA once more?
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STATES: TAMIL NADU
Fostering Ill-will
The arrest of Jayalalitha's foster
son may be linked to the sour relationship.
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STATES: JHARKHAND
Caught In A Tangle
The turf war between ministers and bureaucrats
bothers Babulal Marandi.
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STATES: WEST
BENGAL Crescent Classroom
An organisation has
given madarsa education in the state a communal slant.
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BUSINESS:
MODERN FOODS
Modern Culture
Modern Foods is fighting its worst
legacy, the PSU work culture.
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WILDLIFE: TRACKING Tracking
Death
A railway expansion project increases
the threat to wildlife in Bengal sanctuaries.
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NEIGHBOURS:
FLOODS
Made In China
The floods in Himachal and Arunachal
may have been triggered by China.
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NEIGHBOURS:
NEPAL
Official Burial
Will the inquiry report on the regicide set the ghosts to rest?
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SPORTS:
FORMULA 1 RACING
First
Ride of His Life
Karthikeyan
has been driving fast for many years, but this was his most important
test.
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EDUCATION:
NCERT
Grand Unification
Theory
How effective is the composite textbook for social sciences?
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HEALTH: ADDICTION
Tripping On
Medicine
Addiction to prescription drugs
has been growing steadily in India.
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OFFTRACK:
BANGALORE
Perfect Blend
India's only woman coffee taster is now
an international consultant.
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RELIGION:
SEX SCANDAL
Holy Seduction
A singer moves
court against a yoga guru for sexual harassment.
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FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
The
Backlog
Bane
Whether it is the Uphaar or the Jessica
Lal case, justice is delayed and thus denied. |
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KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh
Bushfires Over
Kyoto Protocol
In another display of aggressive unilateralism,
son Bush junks father Bush. |
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SPORTSWATCH:
Sharda Ugra
Bhupathi-Paes
II
Indian tennis' enduring soap opera is ready
for a happier sequel. |
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CENTRESTAGE
By Ajit Ninan
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VOICES
"The ghazal's
popularity on both sides of the border is proof that a life of peace
and goodwill is the aspiration of our peoples."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
prime minister, in a message to
Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hasan, who was hospitalised in Karachi.
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| CAPLOOKS
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Delhi
Back With A Pang
Vincent George returns to 10 Janpath
at the behest of Sonia Gandhi. |
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Mumbai
Funds For
The Minister
Mumbaikars collect fund for
'poor' Mahajan.
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Bhubaneswar
From Mr To Mrs
Disgruntled Congressmen
seek J.B.Patnaik's removal as PCC chief. |
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Chennai
Fame By
Fame
Jaya TV has never had it
so good. |
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CONFESSIONAL
After a two-decade exile in London, Khalistan
protagonist
Jagit Singh Chauhan can't wait to return to India.
TREMORS
What's Happening in the Stadia?
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